Falling Rocks
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COLLECTION
Meteorite Name: Cartersville
Location: Bartow County, Georgia, USA
Classification: L5 Ordinary Chondrite
Witnessed Fall: Yes
Date and Time: March 1, 2009 (2300 hrs)
TKW: 294 grams
Remarks:
A single stone was found on the bedroom floor of a vacant rental house on March 8, 2009, and was brought by the owner to Tellus Museum in early August of that year for the purpose of identification. Julian Gray, then-curator at Tellus and a good personal friend, contacted me for assistance. We confirmed the cosmic origin of the stone on August 10, and on September 15 finally established the probably fall date and time by virtue of having made contact with a local witness to audible phenomena. The stone was eventually acquired by Tellus Museum and is on display there with several of the impact artifacts. Julian and I will soon be co-authoring a detailed account of events connected to the Cartersville meteorite, which will be available as a monograph in 2019.
   
Collection Photos
 
With the pristine stone
With the stone on August 10, 2009.
Photo credit: Julian Gray
 
294 gram individual
294 gram individual, showing air break with imbedded roofing material, wood fibers
from rafter impact, drywall fragments from passage through the ceiling and paint
from a grazing impact with an interior door.
Photo credit: Dave Gheesling
 
294 gram individual (reverse angle)
294 gram individual (reverse angle)
Photo credit: Dave Gheesling
 
Tellus Museum curator Julian Gray
Tellus Museum curator Julian Gray, recording data at the impact site
Photo credit: Dave Gheesling
 
Hole in roof shingle
Hole in roof shingle
Photo credit: Dave Gheesling
 
In the attic near the roof hole
In the attic near the roof hole
Photo credit: Julian Gray
 
Robert Ward in the attic
Robert Ward in the attic
Photo credit: Dave Gheesling
 
Sean Murray in the attic
Sean Murray in the attic
Photo credit: Dave Gheesling
 
At the 4.20.2010 Tellus Museum press conference
With Julian Gray and Jose Santamaria at Tellus
Museum for the announcement press conference
Photo credit: Tellus Museum
 
Roof decking with hole, and several splintered fragments from same
Roof decking with hole, and several splintered fragments from same
Photo credit: Kasia Sutton

(roof decking splinters and several other impact artifacts are the
only items from this event in The FALLING ROCKS Collection)
 

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